Long Distance Running.
London, October 11. Eighty-nine professional long-distance runners started in the Northern race promoted by’ the “ Evening News ’ over the Marathon course, Windsor to Stadium, precisely by the same route as that followed at the Olympic Games being adopted. Siret, a French runner, won comfortably by nearly three minutes. He covered 28 miles in 2 hours 37 mine 23 secs. White, Irish, competitor, was second to finish, his time being 2 hours -tOmins 15secs.
Seven runners finished the course inside the time recorded by Dorando. All passed the post comparatively fresh, running strongly’.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43382, 13 October 1908, Page 2
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95Long Distance Running. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43382, 13 October 1908, Page 2
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